RESERVOIR FLUID b hydrocarbon phase and the water prose that exist under a variety of temperature and presture conditions in subsurface formations or fetoleum reservoirs. _ Bmixture of organic compounds * ‘multiphase Wehavlour over wide . Fanges ot temperature and prestore 1 Gaseous stale , liquid state or solid _ State or in combination. “Non hglracarvon constibents “nittragen , oxygen ,sutfur , and metals tuch OS nickel and vanadium — Gas reservoirs containing exrogen ch), carbon, dloride (Cos) and hyirogen suifide (tas). . be High molecular weight gils ysuatly _ comiain nitrogen ,svifve ond oxygen compounds (resins and asphaitens) 1 Bow gases M sour crudes “Sweet gases!» g fs sweet crudes : > 0-57 sulfur a mixture of different types of chemical compounds made up of carbon and hydrogen : : | produced from the reservotes in quews . Csmatier molecutes) and lor liquid Clarger_motecules) phase.Chemistry of | Pehotewm jon a ert a, unstable Coteffin) (Paraffing ) Cn Han Cn ltanea “Marans 11 alkanes * compose of straight-choin of = Shaigni-chain sotwated hydrocarbon : + Cation Cn: carton ators number) + Two groves — normal poratfins \ sito - para Fins Asomers * supstances of the same composition tout with aifferent molecular shucivre * above propane - alternative ways e arrange branched chain * have the same molecular weight, but different shuctvral arrangements - critical properties ond Wailing and freezing points differ. + Structural isomers + similar no. of C ang ¥ atoms but different shuclural arrangements *Geometic isomers : different in orientation af atome in space - SS Aliphatics (KNapthenes) Naphthenes / Cycloparaffins + Found in crude oils and are important constituents of petoleum + Coan * Carbon atoms arranged in rings Aromatics + Strong aromatic odor * Crtla-6 thot begin with benzene molecule (Colle) * Cyclic stwclure but unsaturated hydrocarbons that contain carbon-carbon doubleGas Hydrates * Crystalline compounds occur when water forms a cagelike shucture amund smaller quest molecules at temperature above and below 23°F. Waxes * The. precipitation of heavy high molecular weight paraffins (Cis Cos) or waxes —? infiyenced ley temperawre and presture + Plog the production tubing, surface septration facilites and pipelines. Diamonds + Precipitate directly from the gas phate + Containg satvrated , cyclic hydrocarbon compounss with a diamond shuciure. Asphattenes + Affected by changer in demperanre , pressure and oil compositions + Change in composition —* the injection ot carbon dioxide of a hydrocarbon qos that is miscible with the oil. + Precipifatton + + Deposition in the veser voit pore space , production tubing , surface equipment, or pipelines. + Oo nat dissoive in petroleum bv! ave disper sed / sutpended im the fwidt as colloids. + Resins = fivids 4 high resins contains -? Stable pet. Fluids Lesrential in the asphaltenes solubility: attumed solluble in pehoieum + Changes in temperature , pressure and compotitions \asphattenes precipitation and deposition problems.